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ABOUT DANIEL
Hello…I’m Daniel Dashnaw
I am a science-based marriage and family therapist.
As co-founder of a large international couples therapy practice, I developed award winning blog content that our clients could use to turbo-charge their couples therapy.
Today I maintain a small private practice in the Berkshires, and on Cape Cod.
I also work with motivated couples on Zoom from all over the world.
When I was writing content in my former life, I found myself working with with C-level executives, business owners, creatives, and power couples.
What I learned is that we all put our pants on one leg at a time…
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Let’s start with a quiet moment that happens in thousands of homes every day. A parent points to a character in a picture book and says, “He’s sad because he lost his toy.” Or: “She thinks her mom is mad at her.”
These little acts of storytelling are more than just teaching moments. They are micro-rehearsals for a cognitive capacity that underpins empathy, cooperation, and social justice.
That capacity is known as theory of mind—the ability to recognize that others have thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and desires that may differ from our own.
A new study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development suggests that this critical skill may be quietly hindered by something few developmental models consider: a parent’s belief in authoritarianism and social hierarchy.
The study reveals that parents who believe strongly in obedience, conformity, or group-based dominance tend to talk less about thoughts and feelings with their children—especially when the people in question belong to different ethnic or cultural groups.
And this reluctance isn’t just a conversational quirk. It appears to carry real consequences: their children are less likely to develop robust theory of mind.
This isn’t about political slogans. It’s about what happens when rigid ideologies quietly constrict the early architecture of empathy.